#aa9ec1

Color #aa9ec1

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.91 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aa9ec1

RGB

rgb(170, 158, 193)

HSL

hsl(260.6, 22%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.6, 18.1%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(67.16, 11.25, -16.4)

LCH

lch(67.16, 19.89, 304.45)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.0518, 300.77)

HWB

hwb(260.6, 62%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5c19e

Analogous

#9ea3c1

#aa9ec1

#bb9ec1

Triadic

#aa9ec1

#c1aa9e

#9ec1aa

Split-complementary

#aa9ec1

#c1bb9e

#a3c19e

Tetradic

#aa9ec1

#c19eb5

#b5c19e

#9ec1aa

Square

#aa9ec1

#c19ea3

#b5c19e

#9ec1bb

Shades

Color #aa9ec1 mixed toward black.

#8b7aaa

#6d5b8f

#52446b

#362e47

#1b1724

Tints

Color #aa9ec1 mixed toward white.

#b8aecb

#c6bed6

#d4cee0

#e3dfea

#f1eff5

Tones

Color #aa9ec1 mixed toward gray.

#aba1be

#aca4bb

#ada7b8

#aeaab5

#afadb2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5b9 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#a6a7b7 · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#a9b3b1 · ΔE 19.3

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aa9ec1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa9ec1]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#aa9ec1 (#aa9ec1) is rgb(170, 158, 193) in RGB.

No, #aa9ec1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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